USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - Oracle sued SAP AG Thursday for "corporate theft on a grand scale," claiming its business software rival had stolen copyrighted software and other confidential materials. Oracle accused the German company of gaining repeated and unauthorized access to its password-protected customer support website.
InfoWorld - Open-source rivals Novell and Red Hat are each highlighting initiatives to bring Linux-based functionality to the desktop.
BusinessWeek Online - Nokia Chief Executive Officer Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo promised in January that the mobile-phone titan would "turn up the heat" on rivals this year, and so far, he's proving true to his word. On Mar. 21, archrival Motorola slashed its first-quarter sales forecast and said it would post a loss in the period. The second quarter will be little better, the Schaumburg, (Ill.)-based company added.
AFP - Diehard gamers around the world, some of whom had queued for nearly two days, finally got their hands on brand spanking new Sony Playstation 3 games consoles after midnight launches in Europe, the Middle East and Australasia.
InfoWorld - A Belgian court dismissed a lawsuit filed by a company that said a feature for Google Inc.'s search engine offers up password-cracking tools and serial numbers to unlock their software.
Reuters - Cablevision Systems Corp. said
it lost a legal battle against several Hollywood studios and
television networks to introduce a network-based digital video
recorder service to its subscribers.
AP - Google Inc.’s YouTube is getting another challenge from the media industry, this time as NBC Universal and News Corp. join forces to distribute full-length TV shows and other video over the Internet, supported by advertising.
AP - Internet startup Livedoor Co. was hit with the largest fine ever in corporate Japanese history for violating securities laws Friday, the latest blow in a scandal that has led to seven convictions for former executives and accountants.
Reuters - Until two weeks ago, Ruth Ebert
never had the slightest interest in the video games favored by
her one and only granddaughter.
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Intermittent problems with the phone portion of treo680. Top left corner where it normally says "Cingular" (or "Phone Off") there is garbage - what appears to be random letters and symbols. This is accompanied by no bars showing for signal strength. During this time I can’t make or receive a call. Seems to be tied to going into areas of low/no signal, which is to say I haven’t had it happen where there are 2 or more bars of signal strength. Stopping and restarting the phone application doesn’t help. Pulling the battery and replacing it usually doesn’t help unless I perform this operation several times - even then, results are iffy. Seems to self-heal (after several minutes) after getting back into an area of good signal. Anyone else with these same observations? BTW, dude at the Cingular shop said it has happened to several other customers but I have yet to see or hear anything of the sort from anyone else.Post relates to: Treo 680 (Cingular)
